38 Vibrant Bits of Trivia That’ll Instantly Turn Your Brain From Black and White to Color Like That One Part in ‘The Wizard of Oz’

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38 Vibrant Bits of Trivia That’ll Instantly Turn Your Brain From Black and White to Color Like That One Part in ‘The Wizard of Oz’

If you’ve ever had young children, you remember having to function in everyday life on very little sleep for years. Then, one day, you start getting eight hours a night again, and it feels like some sort of superpower. The things your brain can now handle are life-changing.

Well, your brain is about to get another boost today. These random bits of trivia are about to make you wonder how you ever got by without them.

Red Hair

In medieval times, red hair was associated with moral degradation and intense sexual desire. Redheads were regarded as vampires, werewolves, and witches. The Spanish Inquisition singled them out for persecution, believ- ing their hair to be a sure sign that they stole the fires of hell. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Computer Science

The first woman ever to get a Ph.D. in computer science was a nun. READY 10 FOR X=1 TO 10 20 PRINT HELLO HIKIPEDIA 30 NEXT x RUN HELLO WI HELLO HI - P = 3 II HELLO HIK IP E P I D HELLO WIK IP E b I A HELL 0 HIK IP E b I A EM H L L > I H E L L O 0 o NIK I P E WI K I P E > I A A A HEL L WI I P E I K D Sister Mary Kenneth Keller took

Bears

Katmai National Park in Alaska crowns the fattest brown bear every year. Fat Bear Week aims to highlight the park and wildlife conservation and compares photos of bears from the spring to photos of the same bears at the end of summer. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

The Pope

Pope John Paul II liked Yoo-Hoo and requested cases be brought back with him from Denver. Because popes don't give commercial endorse- ments, the Vatican was forced to release a state- ment denying the pope had a preference for American chocolate milk drinks. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Reactance Theory

Reactance theory (reverse psychology) is sometimes called the forbidden fruit theory. Reactance is the urge to do the opposite of what someone wants you to do out of a need to resist a perceived attempt to con- strain your freedom of choice, which is why re- verse psychology works. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Bananas

Bananas trigger a beehive's alert system. Do not use a banana as a reference point to show the scale of a bee- hive, the alarm phero- mone to alert bees to defend their hive smells like bananas. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Blizzards

The deadliest blizzard in history was recorded in February of 1972 in Iran. Up to 26 feet of snow fell over the course of a week in some regions and about 4,000 peo- ple died. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Tesla

Nikola Tesla used to feed pigeons, bringing injured ones into his hotel room to nurse them back to health. One-time he spent over $2,000 to fix a pigeon's broken wing and leg, in- cluding building a device to comfortably support her, so that her bones could heal. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Star Trek

Star Trek's Captain Kirk was named after the explorer of the Pacific, Captain Cook. CRACKED.COM The title of the pilot epi- sode was an homage to one of Cook's diary en- tries: ambition leads me ... farther than any other man has been be- fore me.

Weed

Weed smokers in the 1930s were called muggle-heads. CRACKED.COM Its leaves can be dried, ground and rolled into cig- arets , which are boot- legged under the name of 'muggles,' 'reefers,' or 'Mary Warners, according to a Time article from the period.

Magellan

Ferdinand Magellan didn't actually circumnavigate the globe. CRACKED.COM Не was killed by a poi- soned arrow in the Philip- pines, and under the leadership of Juan Sebas- tian de Elcano, his expe- dition completed the trip without him.

Famines

During the Great Famine, Ireland continued to export enormous quantities of food to England. GRAGKED COM This kept food prices far too high for the average Irish peasant to afford and was a major con- tributing factor in the large death toll from the famine.

Plants

Venus flytraps were once thought to have been brought to Earth by meteors. CRACKED.COM Venus flytraps were believed to be an alien species because they seemed to grow in places where meteor- ites were found.

The South Pole

A doctor in the South Pole biopsied and treated her own breast cancer. GRACKED.COM In complete darkness, medical equipment had to be airdropped from mili- tary aircraft to Dr. Jerri Nielsen during the over- winter period when the crew is normally isolated from the outside world.

India

93% of Indians work in informal, off-the-books jobs, and get paid in cash. CRACKED.COM Most transactions en- tail personalized re- lationships rather than standardized forms of legal con- tract or corporate in- stitutions.

The USSR

In the Soviet Union, it was common for people to take their windshield wipers with them when they parked. CRACKED.COM Otherwise there was a chance of them be- ing stolen because there were severe shortages of auto parts in the USSR.

The Man From Earth

The producer of 2007's The Man From Earth thanks people for illegally downloading it. CRACKED.COM After the movie was ille- gally shared via BitTorrent, Eric D. Wilkinson publicly thanked the file sharers because it lifted the pro- file of the film far beyond the financier's expecta- tions.

The Middle Ages

Blue pigment found in the tooth of a medieval skeleton shows women were artists During the Middle Ages, women, not just monks, may have painted illuminated manuscripts. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Fossils

Scientists may have found fossils from the asteroid that triggered the extinction of the dinosaurs. At a location in Tanis, North Dakota, a treasure trove of fossilized fresh- water fish, trees, and ma- rine ammonites that ар- pear to be from the day an asteroid hit the Earth. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Submarines

Submarine Escape Immersion Equipment acts as a one-man life raft. If a submarine is downed and there is no submarine rescue vehi- cle nearby, the crew put on special pressur- ized suits which float them to the top. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Shia LaBeouf

Shia LaBeouf has two Missy Elliott tattoos. (Somehow) LaBeouf isn't really a fan of Elliott's. Не was peer-pressured by his American Honey co-stars. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Axe

A school in Brooklyn had to be shut down because of Axe body spray. X FINAL EDITION DRONDRANT BOOYSPART NT New Excite AXE AXE TWI2T DEODORANT BOOYSPRAY MEDDORANT BODYSPRAY In 2013, 6th graders sprayed enough Axe body spray to cause 8 students to be hospitalized. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Einstein

In lieu of a tip, Albert Einstein gave a Japanese courier a handwritten note. It sold in 2017 for $1.56 million. Hiller bercheidenes Liber gift mehr glich als enfolyrishes streben verbunden mit bestimation Unrella Albert La 7922. Tokyo The note read, A calm and humble life will bring more happiness than the pursuit of success and the constant restlessness that comes with it. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

King Neptune

In WWII, the U.S. Navy had a mascot: a 700-pig called King Neptune. They auctioned off parts of the pig, even though people knew the pig wouldn't be slaughtered - the auction winner just got a war bond. That way, the Navy raised $19 million in war bonds. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Biz Markie

Biz Markie never planned to sing the chorus on Just A Friend. He'd invited singers to the studio, but none of them showed up. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Prince

The 'Shirts vs. Blouses' with Prince that Charlie Murphy described on the Chappelle's Show actually happened. According to guitarist Micki Free, Prince was every bit as good a basketball player as Charlie Murphy said he was. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Rats

Alberta, Canada, is the largest inhabited area that is rat-free The city's rat control measures are actually working. And don't think about bringing any in...owning a pet rat can cost you $5000. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

BZ

BZ is a chemical weapon that's also a super hallucinogen that overwhelms the victim for 5 days. After 12 hours of a mild coma and primitive crawling and spasms, for another 48 - 60 hours they experience extreme hallucinations, psy- chosis, and cognitive impair- ment, with after-effects that last for weeks. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Twins

Tall and older women are more likely to have twins. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Avocado Oil

The vast majority of avocado oil sold in the U.S. is of very poor quality. 82 percent is either rancid or mixed with other oils. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Daylight Saving Time

Daylight Saving Time is supposedly about saving energy. 9 10 8 11 7 12 6 1 5 2 3 DON'T FORGET TO FALL 4 BACK It's actually about spending money. The first and most persistent lobbyist for Daylight Saving Time was the Chamber of Commerce, because they reasoned that people go out and spend money after work when it's light out. The biggest influence on the most recent changes to the DST schedule is the candy companies, who do more business at Halloween now that it's light later. CRACKED.COM http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story php7storyid=7779869

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The Shawshank Redemption

THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION Els Boyd 0A Determn e RE.IEC Re 0265 Red's mugshot at age 20 is Morgan Freeman's son, Alfonso.

Warts

Why are witches often depicted with warts? Because warts were considered the Devil's Mark during the Witch Panic cRA of the 1600s. Those thought to be

Cowboys

One in four cowboys were African-American. In the aftermath of the Civil War, being a cowboy was one of the most popular professions among former slav

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